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Null-homotopic

 

Null-homotopic

In mathematics, a continuous function from M to N is null-homotopic if it is homotopic to a constant function.

Examples

Let M in the above definition equal the circle . It is simple to show that a map from is null-homotopic precisely when it can be extended to a map of the disc .



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